Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1911
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Total No. of Notifications. | No. of Cases notified per 10,000 of inhabitants. | Total No. of Deaths | Death Rate per 1,000. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1901 | 70 | 6.9 | 216 | 213 |
1902 | 121 | 12.1 | 240 | 2 40 |
1903 | 219 | 22.2 | 223 | 226 |
1904 | 2IO | 21.6 | 251 | 2.57 |
1905 | 178 | 18.5 | 215 | 2.24 |
1906 | 217 | 22.9 | 232 | 2.45 |
1907 | 217 | 23.2 | 243 | 2.60 |
1908 | 220 | 23. 9 | 221 | 2.40 |
1909 | 359 | 39.7 | 228 | 2.52 |
1910 | 319 | 35.8 | 166 | 1.86 |
1911 | 419 | 47.8 | 159 | 1.81 |
The actual number of notifications received in 1911, was 1,183;
in 1910, 1,033, but of these many refer to the same patient. In
1911 there were 419 primary notifications, of which 152 were
poor law cases, in 1910, the corresponding numbers were 319
primary notifications, of which 188 were derived from poor law
sources. In reference to the 152 poor law cases in 1911, there
were received 916 notifications, re-notifications, and notices of
discharge. This means that on an average 6 notifications were
received in respect of each poor law case. In 1910, the poor law
cases were 188 in number, and 902 notifications, re-notifications
and notices of discharge were received. From private doctors
were received 62 notifications; under the Tuberculosis Regulations,
1908 and 1911, the notifications received were 152 and 161
respectively. Two hundred and sixty-three gave a Clerkenwell
address, 151 St. Luke, and 5 St. Sepulchre. Forty-four cases
were notified in school children by the London County Council
school doctors.
Institutions.—The institutions and the number of notifications
from each are appended :—